The Minister of Education, Sports and Youth, Mr. Ruslan Nimchynskyi, Ambassador of Cyprus to Cyprus, visited the summer camp of the Ministry of Education in Prodromos, where 48 children and 4 teachers from Ukraine who came to Cyprus for a holiday week, hosted by the Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth (MESY), are staying.
In his statements, Mr Prodromou said that "this move by the Ministry of Education to host, in a camp of the Ministry, children from Ukraine, reflects the feelings of the entire Cyprus, the entire Cypriot people and of course the Government".
These 48 children, he continued, are given the opportunity, in this beautiful part of Cyprus, to experience some days of relaxation and entertainment, away from the horrible experience of war, away from the agony.
"From the very first moment we have done everything we can and embraced the refugees who come here and who are forced to leave their country," he said, stressing that "historically, the ties between Cyprus and Ukraine are very close and especially the ties between Hellenism and Ukraine."
In addition, he pointed out, as Cypriots who have lived through the same experience of the invasion, we feel their pain and we "underline and remind them of this."
Prodromou underlined what the Ministry has done and what the Ministry of Education and Culture is planning to do so that in September some thousands of children from Ukraine who have settled in Cyprus can attend our schools normally. He added that "we will give them the opportunity to continue their own structured Ukrainian programme, which is done at a distance."
"We want the people of Ukraine to know that Cyprus is a hospitable place, we feel brotherly towards them, as does the entire EU," the Minister of Education said, expressing his wish and hope that the war will end as soon as possible.
For his part, the Ukrainian Ambassador, Mr. Ruslan Nimchynskyi, expressed his joy to see the happy faces of the Ukrainian children and his "deep gratitude on behalf of the Ukrainian people and the Embassy to Minister Prodromos Prodromou".
The hosting of these children in the Ministry's camps, he said, continues the extremely friendly relations between the two countries and the feelings of friendship of the thousands of Ukrainians in Cyprus.
He said that the Ukrainian people are grateful to the Republic of Cyprus for its hospitality and its efforts to create the best possible living conditions, but also for the humanitarian aid it provides, which, he said, has so far exceeded 230 tonnes of medicines, clothes, food and medical equipment.
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